most 1500 rushing yard seasons since 1980

Since 1980, Derrick Henry and Barry Sanders are tied for playing the most seasons with 1,500+ rushing yards, with 5 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most 1500 or more rushing yard seasons by a player since 1980
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5
8,621
81
1,662
5.2
106.4
78
1,061
104
139
10.2
13.1
4
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5
8,537
79
1,629
5.2
108.1
56
1,440
190
7.6
18.2
6
3Edgerrin James
E. James
4
6,316
63
1,450
4.4
100.3
48
2,000
220
284
9.1
31.7
10
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4
7,393
64
1,561
4.7
115.5
57
1,125
134
8.4
17.6
3
5Tiki Barber
T. Barber
3
5,040
48
1,006
5.0
105.0
27
1,573
164
230
9.6
32.8
4
6Clinton Portis
C. Portis
3
4,615
45
915
5.0
102.6
40
894
101
140
8.9
19.9
2
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3
5,143
48
1,033
5.0
107.1
55
1,722
235
318
7.3
35.9
8
8Terrell Davis
T. Davis
3
5,296
47
1,106
4.8
112.7
49
814
103
7.9
17.3
4
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3
5,049
48
1,115
4.5
105.2
55
968
170
5.7
20.2
2
10Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
2
3,396
34
655
5.2
99.9
36
738
86
106
8.6
21.7
4
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2
3,857
32
711
5.4
120.5
22
342
61
90
5.6
10.7
1
12Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
2
3,539
32
752
4.7
110.6
37
753
74
116
10.2
23.5
3
13Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
2
3,576
32
723
4.9
111.8
43
248
38
67
6.5
7.8
5
14Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
2
3,170
30
640
5.0
105.7
29
1,286
132
156
9.7
42.9
5
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
2
3,210
32
704
4.6
100.3
22
565
94
112
6.0
17.7
2
16Walter Payton
W. Payton
2
3,235
32
705
4.6
101.1
20
851
94
9.1
26.6
2
17James Cook III
J. Cook III
1
1,621
17
309
5.2
95.4
12
291
33
40
8.8
17.1
2
18Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1
2,005
16
345
5.8
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
19Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1
1,525
17
302
5.0
89.7
12
239
27
37
8.9
14.1
1
20Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1
1,653
17
340
4.9
97.2
12
400
53
64
7.5
23.5
0
21Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1
1,557
14
312
5.0
111.2
16
361
44
54
8.2
25.8
1
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1
1,631
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
23DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1
1,845
16
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
24LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1
1,607
16
314
5.1
100.4
9
539
52
64
10.4
33.7
2
25Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1
1,509
16
285
5.3
94.3
5
236
35
48
6.7
14.8
1
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